Help meet our very special matching grant challenge and provide reading tools at each 220 school

Hurry! Matching Grant Program ends September 15!

Some of our students struggle each day to make reading "work" for them. But words can move, change shape or appearance, or run together.

Barrington 220 offers a range of tools for students with reading challenges. The District 220 Educational Foundation now has a unique opportunity to enhance that effort by providing innovative new assistive technology devices developed specifically to help students with special needs become better readers.

Click here for a complete description of the exciting assistive technology devices under the Read-ability project.

The Educational Foundation wants to provide a set of these reading tools for every school, K-12, in Barrington 220. Although that's a cost of about $27,000, a generous donor has already pledged half the amount needed--with a challenge. Can the community match the grant? The remaining challenge is only about $1,200 per school!

"For people without special needs, technology makes things easier.

For people with special needs, technology makes things possible."

Join us, and together, let's make things possible! Your donation, in any amount, is welcome and much appreciated!

To see how your school is doing in the READ*ability challenge, please click here.

Please note: We have established a goal of $1,200 for each school to help fully fund the project and provide a set of tools for each school. If donations in the name of a given school exceed the $1,200 goal, excess amounts will be applied to the other school's goals. If total READ-ability donations for the District exceed the $13,200 goal, excess amounts will be applied to other Educational Foundation projects.

If you'd like to make a check donation by mail, please click here to download a copy of our donation form (which includes information on mailing address.)

Credit Card donations:

If you'd like to make a donation to Read-ability online, using your credit card, please page down and choose the "DONATE" button for the school you would like credited for your donation. You will be taken to Paypal to complete the transaction. (Please note: you do NOT need to have a Paypal account to complete the transaction. Simply click on "Use your credit card or bank account" when prompted.)

To make a donation on behalf of Barrington High School ($451 received, $749 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of BMS--Prairie ($50 received, $1,150 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of BMS-Station ($25 received, $1,175 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Arnett C. Lines School ($20 received, $1,180 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Barbara Rose School ($1,400 received, $0 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Countryside School ($600 received, $600 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Grove Avenue School ($122 received, $1,078 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Hough Street School ($1,100 received, $100 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of North Barrington School ($250 received, $950 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Roslyn Road School ($0 received, $1,200 to go):

To make a donation on behalf of Sunny Hill School ($1,200 received, $0 to go):